Mastering the Perfect Cut

The Rossano Ferretti HairSpa has newly arrived in Zurich, bringing with it a philosophy of creation, rather than a service menu. Rossano Ferretti, the Italian maestro, grew up in a village of just 500 inhabitants, surrounded by cows and the rhythms of rural life. Beauty, however, was always close at hand: his mother was a hairdresser, his father a barber, and his first experience of the craft was shampooing clients in his parents’ salon.

At 15, Ferretti set off for London – an early sign of the visionary spirit that would later define his career. Over the years, he built not just salons, but Hair Spas: refined spaces devoted to a more personal, intuitive and elevated approach to hair. Today, known as both a head master and a hair master, he has spent three generations refining his craft and has created a global network of Hair Spas in the world’s most distinguished hotels. La Réserve Eden au Lac is his Swiss-German chapter, and it fits the address perfectly.

At the heart of the experience is the Ferretti Metodo Cut – a technique that resists the logic of scissors and geometry in favour of something more intuitive. Hair, in Ferretti’s world, is a living material. It has its own movement, its own character, and a cut that doesn’t understand this is merely a mathematical exercise. The approach reads the hair first, then follows it and the result is a softness that looks effortless precisely because it is not forced.

Complementing the signature cut are personalised hair and scalp rituals, each formulated with up to 99% naturally derived ingredients, developed and produced in Italy. They are designed not for a single session but for lasting balance – restoring, hydrating, and leaving hair in a condition that improves over time.

The setting is as thoughtful as the treatment. Philippe Starck’s imaginary yacht club – all brick walls, navigation charts and lake-facing windows – lends the HairSpa a particular kind of calm. Not the hushed silence of a medical clinic, but the easy stillness of somewhere that takes beauty seriously without taking itself too seriously.

For those who already know the Rossano Ferretti Hair Salon at La ­Réserve Geneva, the Zurich address will feel like a natural continuation. Same discretion, same craft, new city.

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